Terms: Immigration, urbanization, industrialization, nativist, slums/ghettos, assimilation, Chinese Exclusion Act, American Protective Association, Push and Pull factors
"The New Colossus"- Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Poet Emma Lazarus
Stereoview of the torch and arm of the Statue of Liberty before completion- Wikipedia Celebrating the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty (1886) Wikipedia
Click here for some short video clips about Ellis Island
Click on the photo below to watch a documentary about Ellis Island
Ellis Island now
Immigration Questions:
1. Look closely at the two photos of Ellis Island above. Describe the building and surroundings.
2. Immigrants arriving in NYC often said it was like "heaven". Why do you think they said this?
3. Along with New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, what other ports do you think immigrants could have come into
the U.S. in the 19th and early 20th centuries?
4. NYC had the "most crowded neighborhood in the world" in the mid 1800s. Find out which countries are the most crowded cities today.
5. Look at the photo below. Pick out two people and describe what they are wearing. What do you think they were thinking when this photo
was taken?
6. Scroll down to the photo of Angel Island and click on it. Explore the link and write down two things that you discovered!
Look at the photo below of Angel Island, the immigration/detention center for immigrants coming into the west coast of the U.S.
Click for more information:
These are the relatives of a friend of mine in California in the early 1900's.
Immigration, urbanization, industrialization, nativist, slums/ghettos, assimilation, Chinese Exclusion Act, American Protective Association,
Push and Pull factors
"The New Colossus"-
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
Poet Emma Lazarus
Click here for some short video clips about Ellis Island
Click on the photo below to watch a documentary about Ellis Island
Ellis Island now
Immigration Questions:
1. Look closely at the two photos of Ellis Island above. Describe the building and surroundings.
2. Immigrants arriving in NYC often said it was like "heaven". Why do you think they said this?
3. Along with New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, what other ports do you think immigrants could have come into
the U.S. in the 19th and early 20th centuries?
4. NYC had the "most crowded neighborhood in the world" in the mid 1800s. Find out which countries are the most crowded cities today.
5. Look at the photo below. Pick out two people and describe what they are wearing. What do you think they were thinking when this photo
was taken?
6. Scroll down to the photo of Angel Island and click on it. Explore the link and write down two things that you discovered!
Look at the photo below of Angel Island, the immigration/detention center for immigrants coming into the west coast of the U.S.
Click for more information:
These are the relatives of a friend of mine in California in the early 1900's.
A queue
Jackie Chan with his queue:
Immigration notes
Immigration Power Point
City Life
What is this cartoonists view of immigration?
Cartoons found on google images